Family : Gobiidae (Gobies) , subfamily: Gobiinae
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Silverspot shrimpgoby
Fish Name : Ctenogobiops crocineus
Max size : 10.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 48637)
Environment : reef-associated ; depth range 6 - 20 m
Climate : tropical
Global Importance :
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Seychelles, and the Great Barrier Reef; also observed from Comoros, Mitsio Islands (northwest of Madagascar), Ryukyus, Chagos, and Kenya.
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 6-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-11; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 11-11. C. crocineus differs from C. feroculus and C. pomastictus in details of spotting of the head and body.
Biology : Inhabits coarse sand with rubble near corals (Ref. 37816). Lives with its symbiont alpheid shrimps. Lives in clear coastal and inner reefs on rubble flats and slopes in 6-20 meters depth range (Ref. 48637)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Randall, J.E. and M. Goren. 1993. (Ref. 9360)

India country information
Common Names : [ No common name ]
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses